SUBJECT:  CORPORAL PUNISHMENT  (#7350)

            Corporal punishment as a means of discipline shall not be used against a student by any teacher, administrator, officer, employee or agent of this School District.

            However, if alternative procedures and methods which would not involve physical force do not work, then the use of reasonable physical force is not prohibited for the following reasons:

            a)  Self-protection;

            b)  Protection of others;

            c)  Protection of property; or

d) Restraining/removing a disruptive student [whose behavior is interfering with the orderly exercise and performance of school functions, if that student has refused to comply, and alternative procedures not involving the use of physical force cannot reasonably be used.]

            Whenever a school employee uses physical force against a student, the school employee shall, within the same school day, make a report to the Superintendent describing in detail the circumstances and the nature of the action taken.